> Pyrotechnically Challenged ... keep 'em far away from firecrackers.

Ah. Yes!. That will be what Olin was adumbrating re when he called me PC.
Or, perhaps, Pryotechnically Challenging.
It's all a lot quieter these years, but there have seen some very
impressive results along the way.
My mother used to complain about the smoke from the basement filtering
through into the house on occasion. Surprisingly, the house is there
to this day. Also it's a little surprising that no eyes, fingers or
miscellaneous limbs departed along the way.  A modicum of skin and
quite a lot of hair did though. Zinc powder and er, um, censored
oxidizer, makes a very very very hot very very fast burning mix but
requires the fires of hell to prevail against it to get it going. Once
it starts it goes in a flash (when uncompressed) with a
appears-as-brighty-as-the sun flash and a nice classic mushroom cloud.
Having an outstetched hand involved in the ignition process is unwise
as the top layer gets involved in the combustion process. Removing the
pretty layer of white zinc oxide is rendered problematic by the
initial great pain on contact with anything.

If fired compressed you may get the rocket you intended - or may
instead, as a friend did, think that you have killed your best friend
and give up the activity on the spot. He have me all his chemicals
:-). The friend lived but lost the front half of his hair
instantaneouisly. Very bad ignition control practices.

Yes. That must be what Olin had in mind :-)


                   R




On 21 February 2010 04:18, Roger, in Bangkok <mercies@cscoms.com> wrote:
>
> Pyrotechnically Challenged ... keep 'em far away from firecrackers.
>
> RiB
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 20:14, Tamas Rudnai <tamas.rudnai@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>
> > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Justin Richards
> > <justin.richards@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Lastly, What is PC as in PC =A0off the deep end
> >
> > I thought it was Police Constable.
> >
> > Tamas
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Cheers Justin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 21 February 2010 14:54, Apptech <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>> Once we finally got rid of James, ...
> > >>
> > >> 1. We ?
> > >>
> > >> 2. Freudian slip? :-) =A0(I'm sure it wasn't but ... )
> > >>
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> > >> =A0 =A0R
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